NOPD officers head to court to get unpaid pension payments

New Orleans Police Officers will be in court Tuesday for a hearing on their pension payments. Some active officers and retirees say they have not received any of their pension contributions or payments.

New Orleans Police Officers will be in court Tuesday for a hearing on their pension payments. Some active officers and retirees say they have not received any of their pension contributions or payments.

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Updated: 7:18 AM CDT Sep 2, 2014

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WEBVTT AND GET MONEY -- THEY SAYTHEY'REOWED. N-O-P-D ACTIVE OFFICERSAND RETIREES HAVE NOTRECEIVE ANY OF THEIR PENSIONCONTRIBUTIONS OR PAYMENTS.THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THESEOFFICERS SAYS THIS IS ASQUABBLE OVER DATA PROCESSING,AND THE OFFICERS ARECAUGHT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.WDSU'S CASEY FERRAND IS LIVETHIS MORNING AT CITY HALL.CASEY, WHAT'S THE CITY'SRESPONSE TO ALL OF THIS?CITY OFFICIALS SAY THEY WANTTHESE OFFICIERS TO GET PAID ...BUT APPARENTLY THE CITY'S NEWELECRONIC PAYROLL SYSTEMIS CREATING SOME PROBLEMS. SOMERETIRED OFFICERS WILL BE INCOURTTODAY FILING PAPERWORK TO GETPAID ... OR HAVE THE MAYORGO WITHOUT A CHECK.AN ATTORNEY REPRESNTING SIXRETIRED OFFICERS IN THE MIDDLEOFTHIS BATTLE... SAYS THE CITYFAILED TO COMPLY WITH THELOUISIANA MUNICPAL POLICEEMPLOYEES RETIREMENTSYSTEM'S REQUIREMENTS ... ANDNEEDS TO CORRECT THEDATA THAT'S BEEN FORWARDED TOBATON ROUGE. BUT DEPUTYMAYOR AND CITY C-A-O ANDYKOPPLIN SAYS THEY'VE DONEEVERYTHING ON THEIR END TOCORRECT ANY CONFUSION.KOPPLIN SAYS THE CITY ONEHUNDRED PERCENT WANTSTHESE FORMER OFFICERS TO BE PAIDFOR THE YEARS THEYSPENT SERVING THE CITY. THEIRATTORNEY SAYS THIS IS NOTABOUT THE CITY'S ABILITY TOPAY... NOR IS ABOUT THE HEALTHOF THEPENSION FUND. HE SAYS THIS ISSQUABBLE OVER DATAPROCESSING.donovan livaccari: apparentlythere's been a history of thosetwo things not reconciling. Thisis BatonRouge's way, I think, of tryingto tell the city to get theiract together. The problem is,the pensionersare paying the price for it.TODAY SOME OFFICERS WILL FILEPAPERWORK REQUESTING THETODAY SOME OFFICERS WILL FILEPAPERWORK REQUESTING THECOURT TO ENFORCE THEY GET PAID.IT ALSO INCLUDES ACLAUSE THAT SAYS THE MAYORSHOULDN'T GET PAID UNTIL THESEOFFICERS AND RETIREES ARE PAIDTHE APPROPRIATEAMOUNT.THE OFFICERS WILL BE IN COURTFOR A HEARING AT 10 THISMORNING... THEY'RE ALSO ASKINGTHE CITY TO ENSURE THATPENSIONS ARE CALCULATEDCORRECTLY AND PAYMENTSEXPEDITED.AND AFTER A YEAR-LONG LEGAL

NOPD officers head to court to get unpaid pension payments

New Orleans Police Officers will be in court Tuesday for a hearing on their pension payments. Some active officers and retirees say they have not received any of their pension contributions or payments.